Registered Nurse Medical

MICHELLE ANDREWS

**** **** ****** **** *, Jacksonville, FL 32210

(C) 904-***-**** (H) 904-***-****

*************@*****.***

Professional Summary

US Navy Veteran and recent RN graduate. I am a skilled leader and team-member, who is able

to maintain calm attitude in stressful environments. I have strong interpersonal skills and I am

able to provide outstanding clinical and customer care to patients in an ambulatory clinic and

hospital setting. I am a highly organized individual who is able to efficiently prioritize and

multi-task.

License/Certifications

• Registered Nurse License issued through the Florida Board of Nursing. Card Number:

RN9379319. Issued: 3/2014 expires: 4/2015

• BLS certification Issued: 8/2014 expires: 8/2016

• ACLS certification Issued: 6/2014 expires: 6/2016

Skills

• • In-depth knowledge of communicating and

Highly skilled in assessing, planning,

collaborating with patients, family members,

implementing, documenting, coordinating,

physicians and other health care professionals in

and managing patient care in keeping with

achieving quality in patient care

facility and hospital standards

• Thorough understanding of assessing patients to

• Well versed in delegating appropriate

recognize suitable nursing interventions

assignments to LPNs and unlicensed

workers

• Comprehensive knowledge of providing efficient

patient care

• Substantial knowledge of administering

medications and treatments as prescribed by

• Able to respond to the requirements of the

a physician

pediatric, adolescent, adult and elderly patient,

Minimal supervision required. High level of family members and visitors

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autonomy.

• Able to make the most of leadership skills to

efficiently direct other nursing staff

• Able to handle serious situations in an

opportune and safe manner • Technically sound in all psychomotor interventions

when administering care to patients

• Strong clinical judgment skills.

• Professional bedside manner

• Proven leadership skills in team

communications to create a consistent and

productive environment

• Hands-on experience in handling diagnostic and

• Demonstrated ability to train new nurses

imaging equipment

• Working knowledge of healthcare software

including Electronic Health Record (EHR)

• Extremely proficient in entering, accessing,

and retrieving patient data, and creating

customized reports

Work History

Registered Nurse

March 2014-present

Seaview Research

7898 Baymeadows Way, Jacksonville, FL. 32256

Part time/PRN

• Administer test medications on subjects.

• Monitor the effects of test medications on subjects and observe for any adverse effects.

• Monitor nursing paraprofessional and other staff to ensure daily activities are started and

completed in timely fashion.

• Perform ECG’s, phlebotomy, and vital signs

• Ensure labs, vital signs, and ECG’s are and stay WNL.

• Monitor documents to ensure accuracy and legibility.

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Registered Nurse/ Charge Nurse

July 2014 - Present

City of Jacksonville-Jacksonville Sheriff's Office

501 East Adams Street, Jacksonville, FL. 32219

Full time-40+ hours per week

Started off working as an LPN within the same company for 5 years supervising other nursing

and nursing paraprofessional personnel in patient care.

Provides health care, treatments and related services for those patients incarcerated in an adult

institution.

Perform physical screenings and triage patients based on their chief complaints.

Prepare and administer prescribed medications including IM injections, upon physician's

orders.

Initiates emergency interventions and first aid measures.

Maintain aseptic techniques and infection control precautions as required.

Assist physician in minor medical or surgical procedures.

Assist in screening of apparent emergencies for necessity and priority to be seen by the

physician and conduct daily sick call screening.

Assess and change wound dressings as required and as ordered.

Maintain working knowledge of pharmacology, including drug reaction/overdose.

Maintain working knowledge of therapeutic diets and nutrition.

Maintain working knowledge of social and behavioral sciences.

Notify supervisor and complete written report for any medical or security incidents,

particularly as applied to the correctional institutional setting.

. Responding to emergency situations, taking the lead role and making on the scene decisions

to for plan of care and treatment.

. Maintaining shift schedules and evaluations of nursing paraprofessionals.

Emergency Room Registrar

Mar 2007 - Apr 2009

St. Vincent's Medical Center

1 Shircliff Way, Jacksonville, FL

Part time 16 hours per week

Check in patients for triage and evaluation.

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Enter data into the computer and verify information for accuracy.

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Able to work with various insurance websites to verify different types of insurance.

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Collect co-pays, coinsurance, deductibles etc., as required.

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Assist families with financial assistance paperwork.

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• Direct family members to patient's room and other areas of the hospital.

Hospital Corpsman

Sep 2003 - Sep 2005

United States Navy

NAS Jacksonville-Naval Hospital Jacksonville

Full time 40 hours per week

Check-in patient's for surgical procedures, explain pre-op and post-op procedures to the

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patient and family.

• Assisted the RN with performing assessments on adult and children prior to surgery.

• Collect blood and urine samples for pre-op testing.

• Start IV's prior to surgery, if ordered.

• Administer medications by mouth and via intramuscular injections.

Ensure patients were properly prepared prior to surgery.

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• Measure and record vital signs, intake and output and Accu-checks and then properly

document in the patient's chart.

Monitor post-surgical patients, keeping keen observations to any abnormal post-surgical

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complications that may occur and reporting them the RN in charge.

• Provide discharge teachings and instructions post-surgery.

• Transport patient to various location in the hospitals for examinations, tests and

treatments.

• Sterilization of medical equipment

Hospital Corpsman

Sep 2001 - Sep 2003

United States Navy-Branch Medical Clinic

Jacksonville, FL

Full time 40 hours per week

Responsible for properly checking in and out the medical records of Sailors and Marines

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into Naval Air Station Jacksonville.

• Reviewing medical records to ensure up to date immunizations and physicals.

• Perform EKG's

• Triage patients for after-hour care.

• Checking patients in and out for medical appointments, escorting patients to the exam

room and performing preliminary assessments for the physicians.

• Obtain vital signs; such height, weight, temperature, pulse, blood pressure and

respiration's and document in the chart.

• Assist physicians as a standby for various medical procedures.

• Perform basic eye exams, testing visual acuity, use if Snellen chart and glaucoma testing.

• Worked as part of the Emergency Response Team, responding to 9-11 calls on base.

• Performing clinical laboratory tests while operating sophisticated laboratory equipment.

Education

Associate of Applied Science: Registered Nurse

Completed 2013

Kaplan College

Recipient of the Florence Nightingale Award

Jacksonville, FL

License Practical Nursing

Completed 2009

Florida State Community College at Jacksonville

Jacksonville, FL

Graduated with a 3.0

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